Thyssen AG, the Glossary
Thyssen was a major German steel producer founded by August Thyssen.[1]
Table of Contents
37 relations: Aktiengesellschaft, Allies of World War II, August Thyssen, Conglomerate (company), Deutsche Mark, Dover Corporation, Duisburg, Electrical steel, Elevator, Essen, Fritz Thyssen, German rearmament, Germany, Hamborn, Iron, Joseph Thyssen, Krupp, Liberty Steel Group, Liquidation, Mannesmann, Mergers and acquisitions, Metallurgy, Mining, Occupation of the Ruhr, Prussia, Rhine Province, Shipbuilding, Stainless steel, Steel, Steel mill, Takeover, ThyssenKrupp, Tinplate, Vereinigte Stahlwerke, Vertical integration, World War I, World War II.
- Conglomerate companies of Germany
- German companies established in 1891
Aktiengesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft (abbreviated AG) is a German word for a corporation limited by share ownership (i.e., one which is owned by its shareholders) whose shares may be traded on a stock market.
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Allies of World War II
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
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August Thyssen
August Thyssen (17 May 1842 – 4 April 1926) was a German industrialist, founder and controlling shareholder of Thyssen & Co (presently ThyssenKrupp).
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Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a type of multi-industry company that consists of several different and unrelated business entities that operate in various industries under one corporate group.
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Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark (English: German mark), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark", was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002.
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Dover Corporation
Dover Corporation is an American conglomerate manufacturer of industrial products.
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Duisburg
Duisburg (Duisborg) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Electrical steel
Electrical steel (E-steel, lamination steel, silicon electrical steel, silicon steel, relay steel, transformer steel) is speciality steel used in the cores of electromagnetic devices such as motors, generators, and transformers because it reduces power loss.
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Elevator
An elevator (North American English) or lift (British English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels.
Essen
Essen is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany.
Fritz Thyssen
Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen (9 November 1873 – 8 February 1951) was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families.
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German rearmament
German rearmament (Aufrüstung) was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out by Germany from 1918 to 1939, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles which required German disarmament after WWI to prevent it starting another war.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Hamborn
Hamborn is a district of the city of Duisburg, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).
Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
Joseph Thyssen
Joseph Thyssen, also Josef Thyssen (14 February 1844 – 15 July 1915), was a German industrialist and a member of the Thyssen family.
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Krupp
Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars.
Liberty Steel Group
Liberty Steel Group Holdings UK Ltd (LSG), which is also referred to as Liberty House or Liberty House UK, is a British industrial and metals company founded in the United Kingdom in 1992 by industrialist Sanjeev Gupta.
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Liquidation
Liquidations is the process in accounting by which a company is brought to an end.
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Mannesmann
Mannesmann was a German industrial conglomerate.
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization.
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Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.
Occupation of the Ruhr
The Occupation of the Ruhr (Ruhrbesetzung) was the period from 11 January 1923 to 25 August 1925 when French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr region of Weimar Republic Germany.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Rhine Province
The Rhine Province (Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia (Rheinpreußen) or synonymous with the Rhineland (Rheinland), was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822 to 1945.
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Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels.
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Stainless steel
Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.
Takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company (the target) by another (the acquirer or bidder).
ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp AG (stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. Thyssen AG and ThyssenKrupp are conglomerate companies of Germany.
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Tinplate
Tinplate consists of sheets of steel coated with a thin layer of tin to impede rusting.
Vereinigte Stahlwerke
The Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG (VSt or Vestag, United Steel Works) was a German industrial conglomerate producing coal, iron, and steel in the interbellum and during World War II.
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Vertical integration
In microeconomics, management and international political economy, vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is integrated and owned by that company.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Conglomerate companies of Germany
- Franz Haniel & Cie.
- Freudenberg Group
- Reichswerke Hermann Göring
- Schörghuber Unternehmensgruppe
- Securing Energy for Europe
- Siemens
- Siepmann
- Thyssen AG
- ThyssenKrupp
- Volkswagen Group
German companies established in 1891
- Astrolabe Company
- Siepmann
- Thyssen AG
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyssen_AG
Also known as Thyssen Aktiengesellschaft.